St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 11am
3rd Sunday after Trinity
16th June 2024
Organ Music
Arvo Pärt Pari intervallo
Paul Edwards Contemplation
Introit
Jesu, the very thought of thee
Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.
Text: Edward Caswall 1814-1878
Music: Edward Bairstow 1874-1946
Processional Hymn
New every morning is the love
our wakening and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life, and power, and thought.
New mercies, each returning day,
hover around us while we pray;
new perils past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
If on our daily course, our mind
be set to hallow all we find,
new treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
The trivial round, the common task,
will furnish all we ought to ask,
room to deny ourselves, a road
to bring us daily nearer God.
Prepare us, Lord, in your dear love
for perfect life with you above;
and help us, this and every day,
to live more nearly as we pray.
Text: John Keble 1792-1866
Music: Melcombe CH4 214 (ii) Melody by Samuel Webbe 1740-1816
Scripture Sentences
The Preces
O Lord open thou our lips
Richard Ayleward 1626-1669
Bidding
Prayer
Collect
Almighty God, without you we are not able to please you. Mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
First Lesson 2 Corinthians 5 6-10, 14-17
The Choir sings PSALM 92
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
But thou, Lord, art most high for evermore.
For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Second Lesson St Mark 4 26-34
Hymn
We plough the fields, and scatter
the good seed on the land,
but it is fed and watered
by God's almighty hand:
he sends the snow in winter,
the warmth to swell the grain,
the breezes and the sunshine,
and soft, refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us
are sent from heaven above;
then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord,
for all his love.
He only is the Maker
of all things near and far;
he paints the wayside flower,
he lights the evening star;
the winds and waves obey him,
by him the birds are fed;
much more to us, his children,
he gives our daily bread.
We thank you then, O Father,
for all things bright and good,
the seed-time and the harvest,
our life, our health, our food.
Accept the gifts we offer
for all your love imparts,
with what we know you long for:
our humble, thankful hearts.
Text: Matthias Claudius 1740-1815 Tr. Jane Montgomery Campbell 1817-1878
Music: Wir pflügen CH4 229 Melody by J.A.P.Schulz 1747-1800
Sermon
Anthem
Unsere Väter hofften auf dich
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Text: Psalm 22 4-5 and Psalm 29 11
Music: Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
The Offering
Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Hymn
Son of God, eternal Saviour,
source of life and truth and grace,
Son of Man, whose birth incarnate
hallows all our human race,
great High Priest, who, throned in glory,
for your own will ever plead,
fill us with your love and pity,
heal our wrongs, and help our need.
Lord, as you have lived for others,
so may we for others live;
freely have your gifts been granted,
freely may your servants give.
Yours the gold and yours the silver,
yours the wealth of sea and land,
we but stewards of your bounty,
held in trust at your command.
Come, Lord Jesus, reign among us,
King of Love, and Prince of Peace;
hush the storm of strife and passion,
bid its cruel discords cease;
Yours the prayer, and yours the purpose,
that your people should be one,
grant from heaven our hope's fruition:
here on earth your will be done.
Text: Somerset Corry Lowry 1855-1932
Tune: Blaenwern CH4 468 William Penfro Rowlands 1860-1937
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
J.S.Bach Fugue in C BWV 547
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Dr George J Whyte